Welt-preparing machine.



J. A. BROGAN.

WELT PREPARING MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT-24.191}.

' Patented Sept. '25, 1917,

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WELT PREPARING MACHINE. APPLLCATION FILED 00124, 1913.

Patented Sept. 25, 191?.

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1. A. BROGAN.

wen PREPARING MACHINE.

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WELT PREPARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men OCT- 24. 1913.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

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ignwwa- .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. BROGAN, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WELT-PREPARING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. BROGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVeltPreparing'Ma'chines; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improved machine for preparing welting for use in making welt shoes. y

In preparing the welting for use in mak ing shoes known to the trade as Goodyear welt shoes, a, stitch-receiving groove is cut in the lower or fieshface of the leather and a bevel is cut on the inner edge of the upper or grain face of the leather. According to the general practice heretofore, the groove has been cut by .means of a grooving knife which operates to remove a small, halfround strip of leather from the fiesh side to form the groove, and the bevel has been cut by means of a beveling knife which opcrates to skive off the grain surface of the leather at the inner corner. A welt thus prepared has certain disadvantages. The thin layer of grain fiber at the grain surface of the welt is the densest and strongest part of the leather. In beveling the welt by skiving 0E the grain surface, the grain fiber is cut away so that the inseam, which often passes from the bottom of the groove through the skived surface of the welt, is supported only by the softer and weaker fibers. forming the inner layers of the leather, and it is not infrequent for the inseam to be pulled through the welt. Moreover, it often happens that in sewing the welt to the lasted shoe, the inseam will be sewed so near to the iner edge of the welt that the skived surface is partially visible in the crease between the upper and the welt. Where blacked welting is used, the appearance of the lighter colored skived leather is particularly noticeable, and necessitates blacking the crease when the shoe is finished. The removal of the halfround strip of material in cutting the groove still further tends to weaken the portion of the welt which receives the inseam, and allows the stitches of the inseam to be more easily pulled through the welt.

The'object of the presentinvention is to provide a welt preparing machine of improved construction and mode of operation by which Welting having a stitch receiving groove and beveled edge may be produced which will be free from the disadvantages above referred to. With this object in view the present invention consists in a machme for preparing welting having devices and combinations of devices constructed and arranged to operate as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention hereinafter specifically described both the groove and the bevel are formed in the welt by a molding operation without the removal of any of the material of the welt, the formation of the groove being facilitated however by cutting a slit partially through the material at the place in the welt strip Where the groove is subsequently molded. It is understood however that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiment illustrated and that as regards the formation of the groove the invention is broad enough to'include other forms of cut or the omission of the cut altogether.

The welt and the method of preparing the same described in this application are not claimed herein but form the subject-matter of applications Serial Nos. 878,176 and 87 8,177 filed December 19, 1914. v

In the'drawings, which illustrate 'the'preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the head of the machine for preparing the welting; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine; Fig. 3 is a plan view taken partly in section along the line 3'-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along the line 4-4: of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a side elevation taken from the right of Fig. 3 showing a detail of the machine head; Fig. 6 is a vertical section illus- 'trating the operation of the first pair of molding rolls on the Welting; Fig. 7 is a vertical section illustrating the operation of the second pair of molding rolls on the welting;

Fig. 8 is a section of the Welt as it enters the machine; Fig. 9 is a section of the welt after the knife has cut a slit in its flesh side; Fig. 10 is a section of the welt after passing through the first pair of molding rolls; and Fig. 11 is a section of the completed welt as it comes from the machine.

The welting is preferably a strip of leathe of Substantially rectangular cross Patented Sept. 25, 1917.-

section and having a finished grain surface,

as illustrated in Fig. 8. In the machine illustrated in the drawings, the welting is first softened ortempered in a moistening device 1, and is drawn pasta slitting knife 2 which operates to cut a slit in its flesh molding rolls indicated generally by refer- I ence numeral 4 which operate to complete the enlargement of the sli into a stitchreceiving groove and to; complete the forma-' tion of the molded bevel on the inner margin'of the welt. As the welt leaves the machine, a deflector 5 molds or bends, the welt laterally toward its inner or beveled edge so that, when the welting dries, it retains a permanent lateral deflectionor bend.

The moistening. device 1 by means of which the leather is tempered or softened so that; it can be easily molded, is mounted on. a bracket at the 'righthand side of the machine. This moistening device consists of an open-topped, water-tight sheet metal box or tank 11 in whichis held the roll of welting 12 to be prepared. This moistening tank 11 is semi-circular in shape and is narrow enough so thatits front and rear Walls loosely engage the sides of the roll" of welting and prevent the welting from being drawn sidewise from the roll and becoming tangled, This sheet metal tank 11 is loosely supported in an operrtopped, substantially semi-circular'support or crib 13. The water in the moistening tank 11 is replenished from a supply tank 14 which is connected with it by. means of a short supply pipe 15. The supply pipe 15 enters the storage tank 14- below the water level there in and, as the top of the tank 14 is closed and air-tight, the water flows into the tank 11 only when the water level of the moistening tank 11 drops below the supply pipe 15. The moistening tank 11 is thus automatically. supplied with water as needed. The rear wall of the crib 13, has a slot 16 to re: ceive the supply pipe15 so that the moistening tankll and storage tank 14 can-be removed. The storage tank 14 is filled with water .after it is removed by inverting it and'poiuring the water in through a bottom closure 17. Y

The tempered welting passes from the ,moistening tank over the work table 20,

where it is operated upon by the slitting knife 2. The welt is positioned beneath the knife 2 by means of a fixed front edge gage21 and an adjustable. rear edge gage 22 which; may be ad;

guided and properly justed for different widths of welting. The knife 2 is a thin, circular cutting knife mounted on a hub23 which fits overthe end of the knife shaft 24 and is secured thereon by means of a set screw 25. The shaft rotates in a direction to cause the knife 2 to out against the direction of movement of the welt. The set screw 25 may beloosened and the knife may be adjusted longitudinally of the shaft 24in order to vary the position of the slit cut in the welt. The knife shaft 24 is j-ournaled in a bearing 26 formed on the end of a horizontal arm 27 which is hinged at 28 to the machine head. Pinned to the rear end of the knife shaft 24 is the driven member of an Oldham coupling 30. The driving'member of the Oldham cou-' pling is formed on the front face of a gear 31 mounted on a bearing shaft 32 in the machine frame. The gear 31 is driven by means of an idle gear 33 which meshes with a gear 34 carried by thelower roll of the pair of rolls 3. The Oldham coupling allows the knife shaft 24 to be raised or lowered a limited amount withrelation to the driving gear 31.

The movable. knife shaft bearing 26is pressed upwardly by means of a helical compression spring'40 mounted in a recess in the bottom of the bearing 26 and pressing against the top of the back gage 22. The knife bearing 26 is pressed downwardly against the spring 40 to bring theknife 2 into operative position for engagement with the welt by means of a screw stud 41tl1readed in va boss in the top vof the bearing 26,

which is engaged by a cam on the belt ship- I per rod 42. When the belt shipper rod 42 is drawn forwardly, as shown in the drawings', to shift the driving belt 43 from the loosepulley 44 to the fast pulley 45, the head of the stud. 41 is engaged by thefiat face 46 of a riser or cam formed onthe bottom of the belt shipper rod, and the knife is depressed into the position shown in Fig. 5 .110

of the drawings, so that it slits the welt. lVhen the belt shipper rod42 is moved back wardly to shift the belt from the fast to the loose pulley, the recess or cut-away portion 47 on the bottom of the rod 42 comes over the top of the stud 41 and permits it to rise under the action of the spring 40 which also raises the knife into an inoperative position above the welt. By adjusting the screw stud 41, the depth of the slit in the welt may be varied. A look nut48 is provided forlocking the screw stud 41 in position.

By means of theabove described connection between the knife andbelt shipper, the knife is. automatically brought down into operative position when the machine is started, andis automaticall raised into inoperative position when the machine is stopped so as to offer no obstruction to the introduction of a fresh piece of weltinginto the machine. 0

A finger guard 50 protects the knife 2 and safeguards the operator when introducing a fresh strip of welting into the machine.

The welt, as it enters the machine, is shown in cross section in Fig. 8. In Fig. 9, a. cross section of the welting after it has been operated upon by the slitting knife 2 is shown. The slitting knife cuts in the welt the slit indicated at 51 in Fig. 9.

The welting passes from the knife 2 along the work table 20 and between the pair of rolls indicated generally by reference numeral 3. This pair of rolls comprises upper and lower rolls 60 and 61, respectively. These rolls are splined upon roll shafts 62 and 68 respectively. The ends of the lower shaft 63 are journaled in the front and back upright plates6 1 and 65 of the machine head. Fast on the rear end of the'shaft 63 is a gear wheel 66 which meshes with a gear wheel 67 carried by the driving shaft 68 of the machine. The shaft 62, Which bears the upper roll 60, is ournaled in front and rear boxes 70 and 71 which have a limited vertical adjustment in the side plates 64 and 65. The bearing boxes 70 and 71 are vertically adjusted by means of adjusting screws 72 and 73 so that the rolls 60 and 61 may be adjusted and rigidly spaced with relation to each other. The upper roll 60 is driven by means of a gear 74 fixed to the rear end of the roll shaft 62 and meshing with the gear66 on the lower roll shaft, so that the two rolls 60 and 61 are both positively driven at the same speed.

The manner in which the rolls 60 and 61 coiiperate to mold the welt is best illustrated in Fig. 6. The portion 80 of the roll which engages the greater part of the flesh face of the welt is smooth and cylindrical. Near the forward end of the roll is an annular rib 81 which runs in and opens up the slit formed by the slitting knife. This rib has a substantially V-shaped cross section, the

point of the V being rounded. At the side of the rib 81 is formed a conical or inclined forwardly facing shoulder 82 whichengages the flesh face of the welt between the groove and the inner edge. By inner edge is meant the edge of the welt which is the inner. edge when it is sewed in the shoe. Beygnd the conical shoulder 82, the roll is reduced to form a flat, vertical forwardly facing shoulder 83. The lower roll 61 has a cylindrical portion 85 which bears against the grain face of the welt opposite the cylindrical portion 80, the rib 81 and part of the shoulder 82 of the roll 60. At the front of the cylindrical'portion 85 is a conical or inclined, backwardly facing shoulder 86 which operates against'the grain surface of the welt to bevel the inner-corner of the welt. Beyond the shoulder 86, the roll is enlarged to form a flat, vertical, backwardly facing shoulder 87 which fits closely against the forwardly facing shoulder 83 of the roll 60. The tight fit between the shoulders 83 and 87 prevents the possibility of the edge of the welt being pushed forwardly beyond the inclined shoulders 82 and 86. As shown in Figs. 6 and 10, the rib 81 operates to open up or enlarge the slit 51 cut by the slitting knife. The rib 81 does this by compressing the leather at the sides and bottom of the slit and forms the partially completed stitch-receiving groove indicated at 88 in Fig. 10. The conical shoulders 86 and 82 cooperate to mold or deflect the inner edge of the welt to form the partially completed bevel 89, indicated inFig. 10.

The welt is led from the first set of molding rolls to the second set of molding rolls through a welt guide which is made up of a bottom plate or table 90, a front edge gage 91, a top plate 92 and a rear edge gage 93. The bottom plate 90 extends across between the upright front and backplates c1 and 65 and'is rigidly'secured thereto. The front edge gage 91 is formed by an upstanding lip or flange on the front edge of the bottom plate 90. The back edge gage 93 is formed by a forwardly facing shoulder on the bottom of the top-plate 92. In order to adjust the back edge gage for welts of varying widths, the top plate 92 is mounted to have a limited horizontal movement and is adjusted in position by means of a thumb screw 91 threaded through the front upright plate 64 of the machine frame. The right hand ends of the bottom and top plates 90 and 92 are beveled so that these plates project between the rolls 60 and 61 to engage and properly guide'the end of the welt strip as it emerges from between these rolls.

The second pair of rolls indicated generally by reference numeral 1 comprises upper and lower rolls 100 and 101, respec tively. Theserolls are mounted similarly to the first pair of rolls, the upper roll 100 being mounted on a roll shaft 102 which is journaled in bearings 105 and 106 vertically adjusted by means of the screws 107 and 108, and the lower roll 101 being mounted upon a roll shaft 103 journaled in fixed bearings. The roll shafts 102 and 103 are provided with meshing gears 104: and 109 and are driven from the gear 67 on the driving shaft of the machine. The upper roll 100, like the upper roll 60, has a cylindrical portion 110, a rib 111, a conical shoulder 112 and a forwardly facing flat shoulder 113. The rib 111 is somewhat larger than the rib 81'andis substantially U-shaped in cross section. The lower roll 101, like the lower roll 61, has a cylindrical portion 115, a coni- The conical shoulders 116 and 112 cooper.- ate tocomplete the bevel 89 partially molded by the first pair of rolls and form the completed bevel 119, as shown in, Fig. 11.

The'welt passes from the second pair of molding rolls through a welt guide which comprises bottom and top plates 130 and 131 and a back gage. The top plate 131 is a continuation of the top plate 92. The back gage consists of a shoulder 132 on the lower part, of the top plate 131 and a deflector 133 engaging the edge of the welt as it passes from. the shoulder 132. The deflector 133 is hinged. at 134 to the top plate 131 and is adjusted to bend the weltmore or less by means of an adjusting screw 135. A spring 136 serves to hold the deflector 133 against the end of the screw 135. The deflector 133 molds the welt by deflecting or bending it laterally toward its inner edge. The leather is temperedso that it is easily molded and permanently retains this deflection. The

welt thus transversely bent toward its inner edge more nearly conforms to the curvature of the shoe than does a straight welt and is, therefore, more easily sewed.

The operator takes the tightly wound roll of welting 12 and drops it into themoistening tank 11, the water in which quickly permeates and tempers the leather. Assuming that the machine is idle, the shipper rod 42 is in its rearward position and the slitting knife 2 is raised above the work table. The operator takes the free end of the welt and pushes, it over the work table 20. into engagement with the first pair of rolls. Then the operator draws the shipper handle forward, depressing the knife 2 and starting the machine. The end of the weltis seized by the first pair of rolls and is thereafter fed through the machine until the entire strip is, grooved and beveled, whereupon the operator stops the machine. It will be seen that the short length of welting (about two inches) at the front end of the welt strip, which lies between the slitting the feed rolls when the machine is started is not slit by the knife. The action of the feed rolls upon this, short, unslit length is to press in it a groove which very closely re.- sembles the groove formed throughout the rest of the length of the strip where the material is slit before passing between the molding rolls. Although the groove formed in the short. length of welting at the end of the welting is not quite as good as the groove formed by the conjoint action of the knife.

and rolls, nevertheless, it is good enough so that this short, unslit length of welting can be used, and there is, therefore, no waste to the strip.

In the usual. type of welt preparing machines now in use the welt is dragged past the grooving and beveling knives by the feed rolls. This. puts a strain upon the strip beknife 2 and tween the. knives and the feed rolls and often results-in breaking the Welt strip at its lapped joints. In the machine of the present invention, the slitting knife exerts very little drag upon the welt strip and the molding of the. groove and bevel takes place be-' tween the rolls which feed the Welt, and

consequently there is no danger of pulling:

to displace the material which was cut out" by theold method, the material which is dis.-

placed from the groove being forcedun'der pressure into the body of the welt. Instead of skiving off the material at the inner mar gin of the grainv face as heretofore done, this materialis displaced under form the bevel. The displacement of the material at the bevel causes a consolidation of the leather and also causes the inner margin to be displaced angularly or bent toward 1 the flesh face of the strip. Theoperation of molding the groove 1n the welt serves to compress or consolidate under pressure the I fibers of the leather thus strengthening the material forming the. walls of the groove, instead of weakening the welt. the shoulders 86 and 116 is also to compress or consolidate the leather through which the inseam stitches pass and so strengthen it to better withstand the strain of the inseam. The inner edge ofthe welt, which, in the methods of grooving andbeveling heretofore employed, has been weakenedby the removal 1 of material, is, in the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, not weakened. As

shown in Fig. 11, the grain surface of the leather extends along the bevel to the extreme inner edge of the welt so that the entire face of the. bevel is covered by the grain fiber of the leather. Although it maybe desirable for the entire :bevel to be faced with grain fiber, it is-notnecessary aslong as the grain fiber surface of the leather extends, far enough over the bevel to support the inseam. It is within the contemplation of the present invention grain fiber surface extend only partially over the entire surface of the bevel.v In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the bevel 119 shown in Fig. 11 has a flat grain surface which is inclined welt. The present invention, however, is

pressure to.

The action of to have the tothe plane of the not limited to its illustrated embodiment As for example, shoulders;82,:-86, 112, and 116 on the rolls of themachine may beso shaped that thebevel 119 may have a convex face. The important thing is to-have the inner margin of the grain side of the welt deflected toward the flesh side of the Welt to form an inclined shoulder which fits against the upper of the lasted shoe. The term bevel, as used in the claims is, therefore, intended to be a term of description'rather than limitation and to include within its purview the marginal shoulder on the grain surface of the welt strip whether it has a fiat face like that illustrated in the drawings, or whether it has a curvedface. In describing the welt, the term ,upper face is intended to refer to the face of the welt which lies uppermost and is visible in the completed shoe, and the face which is usually the grain surface of the leather. The term under face is applied to the face. of the welt which liesagainst the outsole. The inner edge of thewelt is the edge which is sewed to the upper and insole in the .com-

pleted shoe.

While the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, it is. to. be understood that the present invention is not limited to its preferred embodiment, but may be embodied in other constructions within the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims: .1

1. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of'welt shoes having, in combination, av plurality. of cooperating pressing members for successively acting on a welt strip for progressively displacing the material underpressure on the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge to form a longitudinal stitch-receiving vgroove, and for molding the material under pressure at the inner margin of the. upper face of the welt strip to form a bevel at the i'nnermarginof the upper face, substantially as described.

2. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through the material, and a plurality of cooperating pressing members for successively acting on awelt strip for enlarging the cut into a stitch-receiving groove by compressing the material at the sides and bottom of the cut,

substantially as described.

3. A'machine for preparmg welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through the material, means for enlarging the cut into a stitch-receiving groove by compressing the material at the sides and bottom of the cut and means for molding under pressure the material at the inner margin of the upper face of the strip to form a bevel at the inner margin of the upper face, s ubstantially as described.

4:, A machine for preparing welting for placing use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through the material, means for enlarging the cut into a stitch-receiving groove by compressing the material at the sides and bottom of thecut, and means operating simultaneously with said enlarging means for molding under pressure the material at the inner margin of the upper face of the strip to form a bevel at the inner margin of the upper face, said enlarging and molding means cooperating to consolidate under pressure the material between the groove and bevel thriough which the inseam is sewed, substantiallyas described.

:5. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a plurality of cooperating pressing members for successively acting on a welt strip for progressively displacing the material under pressure on the under face of the welt strip near its inner edge to form alongitudinal stitch-receiving groove therein, and simultaneously with said displacing operation for molding under pressure the material at the inner margin of the upper face of the strip to forma bevel at the inner margin of theupper face, said disand molding members acting to consolidate under pressure the material between the groove and bevel through which the inseam is sewed, substantially as. described v6; A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of'welt shoes having, in combination, means for molding the welting under pressure to form a longitudinal stitch-receiving groove in its under face 105 near the inner edge and to form a bevel at the inner margin of its upper face, and means for laterally deflecting or bending the welt strip toward its inner edge, substantially as described. a '7. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, means .for tempering the welt strip, means for molding the tempered material to form a longitudinal stitch-receiving groove in the under face of the strip near the inner edge, and means thereafter operating upon the tempered material for permanently bending the strip comprising a deflector for molding or deflecting the strip laterally toward its inner edge, substantially as described.

8. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a out in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through the material, and a pair of cooperating rolls between which the strip is passed under pressure, one roll having an annular rib entering I the material, and which the strip ing the cut to form form a stitch-receiving and. enlarging the out to form a "stitchreceiving groove and the other "ro'll having a shoulder bearing against the inner margin of the upper face to mold a bevel thereon, substantially as described. P I 9. A'machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through a pair of rolls between is passed under pressure, one roll having an annular rib for entering and enlarging the cut into a "stitch-'rece'i'ving groove and having an inclined shoulder ongaging the under face of the strip between the cut and its'inne'r edge, the other roll having an inclined shoulder cooperating with the shoulder on the first roll and bearing against the inner margin of the upper face f-ofthe strip to mold a bevel thereon, substantially as described.

10. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt stripnear the inneredge extending partially through the material, a pair of rolls between which the strip is'passed under pressure, "one roll having an annular rib entering and enlarga stitch-receiving groove and the "other roll having a shoulder operating: against the inner margin of the upper face of the welt strip to forina bevel thereon, and .a second pair of rolls operating on the welt after it has passed through the .first pair of rolls, one of said second pair of rolls having an annular rib entering and further enlarging the cut, the other of said second pair oft-rolls having a shoulder operatinga'gainst the inner margin of the upper face of the strip to further mold the ma-- teri'al and. complete the bevel commenced by the first pair ofrolls, substantially as described. v

11'. Azmachine-for preparing Welti'ng for use in the manufacture of Welt shoes having, incombination, a knife for making a cut in the under face of the welt strip near the inner edge extending partially through the material, .and a plurality of pressure rolls each having an annular rib for enter' ing and progressively enlarging the cut to groove, substantially as described. v

12. A machine for preparing welting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes having, in combination, a welt guide, a cutting knife'for making a cut in the under face of the welt near its inner edge extending partially through the material, power .v

:driven. means for, feeding the welt, and means for throwing on and off, the power havingconnections with the knife for pl'acing itin operative position when the power having garages-r is -thrown 'on and for placing-the knife 'i'n'to' inoperative position when the power is thrown off, substantially as described.

13. A machine for preparing 'w'elting for use in the manufacture of welt shoes comprising a plurality of pairs of rolls between which the we'ltin'g is passed under pressure,

one roll of each pair having an annular rib operating against the under face-of the 'w'elt compressing the material to form a stitchreceiving groove in the under face, substantially as described. 1 '14. Aimachine for preparing weltifng for use in the manufacture ofwelt shoes, having, in combination, means for making a cut in the under face of the Welt strip near its inner 'ina'rgin, extending partially through the material, and a plurality of compressing means arranged to operate in succession to progressively enlarge the cut into a stitch receiving groove by compressing the material at the sides and bottom of the cut, substantially as -desci'ibe I i 15. A machine for preparing welting for use inthe manufacture of welt shoes, having, in combination, a plurality of cooperat'ing pressing members acting successively on a welt strip to mold under pressure the material of the strip to form "a "bevel'a-t the inner, margin of. its upper face, substantially as described. v 3

1-6. An edgewise bending machine -:for leather, comprising apair of feed rollers having parallel axes for feeding the leather strip between them andactingon the strip for its full width,an intake guide bearing against the edge of the'leatherstri p on the intake side of the rollers, and a bending guide bearing against the same edge "of said leather strip, on the discharge side "of-the rol-l'ers, said bending guide being displaced toward the "leather strip from that plane perpendicular to the axes of the rollers "strip near its inner "edgefor displacing'and which contains the intakev guide.

. 17. An edgewise lJendIn-g machine for leather comprising a pair of feed rollers having parallel axes for feeding the leather strip between them, an intake gui'dealiearing againstthe edge :of the leatherstrip on the intake side of the rollers, a bending guide bearing against the. same-edge of said leather strip -on,the discharge side of the rollers, said gbending guide being displaced toward, the leather strip fromtha't plane perpendicular to the axes of, the rollers which contains the intake-guide, and means for permitting the varying of the relative positions of said two guides axially of the rollers. V

18. An edgewise bending machinefor leather, comprising a pair of feed rollers parallel axes for feeding the leather strip etween them, an intake guide 'be'ar-' ing against the edge of the leather strip on T301 the intake side of the rollers,

the same edge of said discharge side of the guide being displaced 5 toward the leather strip from that plane guide bearing against leather strip on the rollers, said bending perpendicular to the which contains the intake guide, said bending guide being pivotally mounted so that it can be adjusted to difierent positions relative to the aforesaid plane.

19. An edgewise bending machine for leather, comprising a having parallel axes for feeding the leather strip betwen Copies of this patent may them, an lntake guide bearing 15 against the edge of the leather strip on the and a bending bearing against leather strip on rollers, said toward the leather perpendicular which contains bers cooperating leather strip at axes of the rollers pair of feed rollers Witnesses:

be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G.

a bending guide gulde to preguld e A. BROGAN.

GEO. E. STEBBINs, MIRIAM CLEMENT.

Commissioner of Patents. 

